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36 Chair Dorosin said the motion contains no language about the ZCP being issued by December 31, 2017. He asked if this additional language, about the issuance, should be added. John Roberts said this was the alternative requested by the Petitioner, and it makes it easier for any petitioner who meets the May 15, 2017 application deadline, because they are not sitting around waiting for Chapel Hill, Carrboro, or County approval. He said petitioners will still have to meet the later deadlines of building permit application, so it takes out a step, but is unlikely to expand greatly the number of developers that qualify. Commissioner Rich said it may be wise for the Board to consider impact fees when housing is exclusively for students, and she asked if John Roberts and staff would look at this. John Roberts said, in an earlier meeting with developers, he explained that the Board of County Commissioners cannot treat student housing as it does senior housing, but the authorizing legislation for impact fees does authorize the Board to look at fairness and equity in setting the impact fees. Commissioner Jacobs suggested taking the gist of the resolution, putting it in the form of a public hearing announcement, and publishing it in the local newspapers. VOTE: UNANIMOUS A motion was made by Commissioner Rich, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to direct staff to look at options when a project comes forward with student housing, and what the Board's response to that would be. VOTE: UNANIMOUS Commissioner Marcoplos said to send a notice to the Homeowners Associations, and to Representative Sara Stephens. REVISED RESOLUTION: RESOLUTION REGARDING GRANDFATHERING OF PROJECTS FOR SCHOOL IMPACT FEE COLLECTION PURPOSES WHEREAS, on November 15, 2016 the Orange County Board of Commissioners adopted amendments to Chapter 30, Article II — Educational Facilities Impact Fee of the Orange County Code of Ordinances, and WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners hereby provides technical guidance on "grandfathering," for school impact fee purposes, of projects that are currently in later stages of project development. BE IT RESOLVED THAT persons submitting a building permit application prior to January 1, 2017 may choose to pay either the public school impact fee that was in effect for 2016 for the housing type(s) proposed in the application or the fee required by the public school impact fee schedule in section 30-33 of Chapter 30, Article II of the Orange County Code of Ordinances, provided the building permit is issued no more than 180 calendar days after the application submittal date and a Certificate of Compliance (aka, Certificate of Occupancy) is issued no later than 365 calendar days after issuance of a building permit. If a building permit is not issued within 180 calendar days after the application submittal date or if a Certificate of Compliance is not issued within 365 calendar days of building permit issuance, the fee shall be the fee listed in section 30-33 of Chapter 30, Article II of the Orange County Code of Ordinances.